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September 19th 06, 10:04 PM
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Air America Goes Bankrupt
Dr. Steven Antichrist, PHD wrote: wrote: David Kaye wrote: wrote: This E coli fiasco is a prime example of government that doesn't work. How so? Farms take the cheap way out by providing only the barest of essentials to their farmworkers. Many farms do not even have conveniently located outhouses and places to wash the hands. It's likely that the e coli outbreak came from a farmworker who didn't wash his hands after defecating. Perhaps. But look at the number of folks who walk out of a public restroom without washing their hands... and the water and soap are right there! The other likely cause is using human or animal waste as fertilizer, though it's unlikely because this is frowned upon by agricultural inspectors. Sludge. Its use is common enough. Interesting that the company that grew the spinach is called "Natural Selection Farms". Sounds like natural selection at play, definitely. It would have been nice if the news media would have focused in on this situation by finding out a little about farming. I watched some videos of stories from KRON, KPIX, and CNN, and didn't see anything talking about the *source* of the problem. That would imply guilt... And saying that spinach comes from farms is called "profiling." It didn't come from the maternity ward...don't make a bunch of stupid allegories! Correct. It fell off the turnip wagon. Government is NOT always bad. They saved your ass just as they've done millions of times in all the years of your misinformed life, and you should give them some credit. You are a stranger to sarcasm. Or maybe you're just stranger. |
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September 19th 06, 11:31 PM
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Air America Goes Bankrupt
wrote: Dr. Steven Antichrist, PHD wrote: wrote: David Kaye wrote: wrote: This E coli fiasco is a prime example of government that doesn't work. How so? Farms take the cheap way out by providing only the barest of essentials to their farmworkers. Many farms do not even have conveniently located outhouses and places to wash the hands. It's likely that the e coli outbreak came from a farmworker who didn't wash his hands after defecating. Perhaps. But look at the number of folks who walk out of a public restroom without washing their hands... and the water and soap are right there! The other likely cause is using human or animal waste as fertilizer, though it's unlikely because this is frowned upon by agricultural inspectors. Sludge. Its use is common enough. Interesting that the company that grew the spinach is called "Natural Selection Farms". Sounds like natural selection at play, definitely. It would have been nice if the news media would have focused in on this situation by finding out a little about farming. I watched some videos of stories from KRON, KPIX, and CNN, and didn't see anything talking about the *source* of the problem. That would imply guilt... And saying that spinach comes from farms is called "profiling." It didn't come from the maternity ward...don't make a bunch of stupid allegories! Correct. It fell off the turnip wagon. Government is NOT always bad. They saved your ass just as they've done millions of times in all the years of your misinformed life, and you should give them some credit. You are a stranger to sarcasm. Or maybe you're just stranger. We're not accusing Mexican farmworkers of deadly malfeasance, stupid. I was trying to be polite about it. |
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